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for "Maley, Frank"
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7507
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The Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Company runs through Moore, Hoke and Cumberland Counties on its forty-six mile trips between Aberdeen and Fayetteville. The line was founded in 1892 by Confederate veteran John Blue, and his descendants still own it. The A & R and North Carolina's twenty-two other short-line railroads are crucial links in getting raw materials to manufacturers and finished goods to consumers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 12, Dec 2005,
p52-57, il
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6554
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By rail, truck, and river barge, scrap metal arrives at the Nucor steel mill in Hertford County. There the scrap is melted down and converted into steel plates that are used in heavy-duty products, including bridges and cars. In 2003, the mill consumed over one million tons of scrap metal. The mill employs 391 with an average salary of $60,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 3, Mar 2004,
p26-31, il
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6850
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their June, 2004, market value. Bank of America ranks No. 1, followed by Wachovia and Lowe's. Charlotte-based MedCath, which operates heart hospitals, made the biggest advance, jumping twenty-one place to No. 44. Five companies dropped off the list. Five companies made the Top 75 for the first time or returned after missing the cut last year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 8, Aug 2004,
p3846, il
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6885
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Charlotte lost its professional basketball team in 2002. The next year, Robert L. Johnson, founder and CEO of the Black Entertainment Network (BET), purchased a franchise for a new team for $300 million. He named Ed Tapscott to be president of Bobcat Basketball Holdings, which includes the new Charlotte Bobcats team, the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association, operation of the new arena, and the new Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television. Tapscott is profiled in this article.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 10, Oct 2004,
p42-48, 50, 52, il, por
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6944
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Carolina Industries, Inc., headquartered in Washington, is a runner-up in the 2004 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company, founded in 1972 by Timothy W. Coward, refurbishes truck bodies. Carolina Industries employs forty-four and projects revenues of $3.5 million for 2004.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 12, Dec 2004,
p37, por
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24217
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Once a mill town, Pineville is now a mall town, the most retail-heavy municipality in North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 4, April 2004,
p22-26, il
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5511
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North Carolina's manufacturing sector, including textile, apparel, and furniture making, is losing jobs; however, jobs are increasing in the government and service sectors. The article includes a ranking of the state's largest for-profit employers. Wal-Mart heads the list with 39,900 employees.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 2003,
p26-27, il
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5512
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The state's one hundred counties are divided into seven economic regions for the purpose of promoting each region to prospective employers. Counties within each region are profiled over a twenty-year period in terms of population, per-capita income, employment, and retail sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 2003,
p72-80, il
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5770
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At one time the Greater Greensboro Open (GGO), now called the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, was a big event that attracted big-name golfers. In recent years it has declined, and reasons for this include poor timing of the tournament, a course that had fallen out of favor with professional golfers, and Greensboro's lack of glitz. Recently the tournament switched seasons from spring to fall. Maley discusses the future of the tournament.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 4, Apr 2003,
p24-31, il
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5786
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Durham-based Red Hat is a runner-up in BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's High-Tech Company of the Year competition. The company, founded in 1993, specializes in the Linux computer operating system and reported sales of $91 million for the fiscal year ending in February 2003.
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5939
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North Carolina's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their May 2003 market value. Bank of America (Charlotte) retained its number one spot from 2002.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 8, Aug 2003,
p30-38, il
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6056
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North Carolina's banks and credit unions are ranked by their 2002 revenues. Bank of America and Wachovia repeated their first and second rankings from 2002. The highest ranking credit union was the State Employees Credit Union, which ranked fifth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 11, Nov 2003,
p44, 46, 48, 50, il
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6208
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St. Lawrence Homes, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a runner-up in the 2003 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company, founded in 1989 by Bob Ohmann, builds homes and employs 71. Revenue projects for 2003 are $125 million.
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24228
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This article discusses various business enterprises that fell in the stock market in 2002 and presents stock picks for 2003.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, January 2003,
p30-38
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Record #:
5370
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The state's largest general contractors are ranked by 2001 revenues, and twenty top construction projects are ranked by 2001 pure construction costs. J.A. Jones in Charlotte headed the contractor's list. The Streets of Southport in Durham was the top construction project. Retail and medical projects dominated the list, with each having six in the top twenty.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 5, May 2002,
p28-31, 34-36, il
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